Comments on: Soda Pop Stop Lessons for Bookstores http://loudpoet.com/2009/08/31/soda-pop-stop-lessons-for-bookstores/ loudpoet.com: Blogging it like it is since 2003 Tue, 01 May 2012 20:02:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dan Holloway http://loudpoet.com/2009/08/31/soda-pop-stop-lessons-for-bookstores/comment-page-1/#comment-2671 Dan Holloway Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:44:50 +0000 http://loudpoet.com/?p=3127#comment-2671 Maybe that comment got lost, so here's the gist - what can't be mimicked is the combination of passion and knowledge that specialist indie bookstores have. Specialism is increasingly the way forward in all businesses, and it's the way for bookstores to survive as well.<br><br>Here in Oxford we have a wonderful shop called The Albion Beatnik, which gives half its floor space to books on music (mainly jazz) and the Beat Poets. And its online arm has a whole section devoted to jazz novels - it's a wonderful experience just to step inside, and by combining the shop with the online store, they can service specialists the world over<br><a href="http://www.jazzscript.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.jazzscript.co.uk/</a> Maybe that comment got lost, so here's the gist – what can't be mimicked is the combination of passion and knowledge that specialist indie bookstores have. Specialism is increasingly the way forward in all businesses, and it's the way for bookstores to survive as well.

Here in Oxford we have a wonderful shop called The Albion Beatnik, which gives half its floor space to books on music (mainly jazz) and the Beat Poets. And its online arm has a whole section devoted to jazz novels – it's a wonderful experience just to step inside, and by combining the shop with the online store, they can service specialists the world over
http://www.jazzscript.co.uk/

]]> By: Dan Holloway http://loudpoet.com/2009/08/31/soda-pop-stop-lessons-for-bookstores/comment-page-1/#comment-2670 Dan Holloway Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:40:33 +0000 http://loudpoet.com/?p=3127#comment-2670 Guy, I'm sure this is the way forward for independent bookstores. One commodity that can't be mimicked is the combination of knowledge and passion. Here in Oxford in the UK, we have an amazing bookstore called The Albion Beatnik that has a range of literary fiction but gives over half its store just to books about music (mainly jazz) and Beat Poets. Its online arm is even more hardcore - there's a huge section just on "jazz novels". http://www.jazzscript.co.uk/ Fantastic! Guy, I’m sure this is the way forward for independent bookstores. One commodity that can’t be mimicked is the combination of knowledge and passion. Here in Oxford in the UK, we have an amazing bookstore called The Albion Beatnik that has a range of literary fiction but gives over half its store just to books about music (mainly jazz) and Beat Poets. Its online arm is even more hardcore – there’s a huge section just on “jazz novels”.

http://www.jazzscript.co.uk/

Fantastic!

]]>